Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 4 October 2005
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1The SpasmDaddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah2:52
- 2Tanner's Boarding HouseGid Tanner & Riley Puckett3:05
- 3Don't Think I'm Santa ClausLil McClintock3:05
- 4Hokum BluesDallas String Band with Coley Jones3:14
- 5Jimbo Jambo LandShorty Godwin2:57
- 6Gonna Swing on the Golden GateFiddlin’ John Carson and His Virginia Reelers2:57
- 7Papa's 'Bout to Get MadPink Anderson & Simmie Dooley2:59
- 8The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married ManCharlie Parker & Mack Woolbright3:14
- 9Bye, Bye, PolicemanJim Jackson3:03
- 10The Bald-Headed End of a BroomWalter Smith2:56
- 11Bow Wow BluesThe Allen Brothers3:215.0 ★
- 12BeansBeans Hambone and El Morrow2:53
- 13A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy AroundStovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett3:08
- 14Tell It to MeGrant Brothers & Their Music2:56
- 15Ain't No Use Working So HardCarolina Tar Heels3:08
- 16Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am CleanWalter Cole2:47
- 17C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells ChickenKirk McGee & Blythe Poteet2:54
- 18My Money Never Runs OutBanjo Joe2:53
- 19Railroadin' SomeHenry Thomas3:195.0 ★
- 20Traveling ManPrince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers2:55
- 21G. Burns Is Gonna Rise AgainJohnson-Nelson-Porkchop3:00
- 22Baby All Night LongBlue Ridge Mountain Entertainers2:47
- 23Born in Hard LuckChris Bouchillon3:19
- 24He's in the Jailhouse NowMemphis Sheiks3:11
- CD 2
- 1Gonna Tip Out TonightPink Anderson & Simmie Dooley3:10
- 2Chevrolet CarSam McGee3:10
- 3It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers2:58
- 4Bring It With You When You ComeCannon’s Jug Stompers2:45
- 5Atlanta StrutBlind Sammie3:115.0 ★
- 6Go Along MuleUncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers3:08
- 7Casey BillEarl McDonald’s Original Louisville Jug Band2:48
- 8I Got MineFrank Stokes3:06
- 9HannahChris Bouchillon2:57
- 10Adam & Eve in the GardenBogus Ben Covington2:43
- 11Mysterious CoonAlec Johnson3:16
- 12Her Name Was Hula LouCarolina Tar Heels3:00
- 13Reno BluesThree Tobacco Tags2:39
- 14Scoodle Um SkooPapa Charlie Jackson3:17
- 15StackaleeFrank Hutchison3:06
- 16The Cat's Got the Measles, the Dog's Got the Whooping CoughWalter Smith3:00
- 17Shout You CatsHezekiah Jenkins3:09
- 18Nobody's Business If I DoTommie Bradley2:59
- 19Sweet SixteenCharlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers2:53
- 20Ticklish ReubenCharlie Parker & Mack Woolbright2:40
- 21I Heard the Voice of a PorkchopJim Jackson2:52
- 22ShineDallas String Band with Coley Jones3:01
- 23The GypsyEmmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers3:21
- 24Kiss Me CindyJ.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers2:05
Release credits
- mandolin [7]
- guitar [5], vocal [5]
- banjo [10], harmonica [10], vocal [10]
- banjo [7]
- guitar [24]
- banjo [19], vocal [19]
- vocal [24]
- guitar [13]
- jug [7], vocal [7]
- guitar [15], harmonica [15], vocal [15]
- acoustic guitar [8], vocal [8]
- banjo [4], jug [4], vocal [4]
- guitar [19], lead vocals [19], solo [19], syrinx [19]
- banjo [4], kazoo [4], vocal [4]
- jug [24]
- fiddle [6], vocal [6]
- alto saxophone [7]
- fiddle [6]
- harmonica [4]
- fiddle [19]
- guitar [19]
- guitar [6], vocal [6]
- harmonica [13], lead vocals [13], wind instruments [13]
- banjo [6], vocal [6]
- banjolin [24]
- harmonica [24]
Issues
G4 October 2005